The census of 1869 counted 1,683 people in 228 houses at Dubnica, most of them living off the land; carting, crafts and trade made up the rest. The old seigneurial monopolies — the lord's exclusive right to the inn, the mill and the like — were still in the way, and only in 1887 did the estate's heiress sell the last of them off, which finally let local people go into business for themselves. In 1898 the village got a farmers' consumer and credit cooperative. None of this made Dubnica important. It made it an ordinary Hungarian market village on a good road.Sčítanie z roku 1869 narátalo v Dubnici 1 683 ľudí v 228 domoch a väčšina z nich žila z pôdy; zvyšok tvorilo povozníctvo, remeslá a obchod. Staré panské monopoly – takzvané regály, výhradné právo zemepána na krčmu, mlyn a podobne – ešte stále stáli v ceste a až v roku 1887 ich dedička panstva odpredala, čím sa domácim otvorila cesta k vlastnému podnikaniu. V roku 1898 vzniklo v obci hospodárske spotrebné a úverové družstvo. Nič z toho neurobilo Dubnicu dôležitou. Urobilo z nej obyčajnú uhorskú trhovú dedinu pri dobrej ceste.
